are some people with asperger sydrome good at any sport?

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volleyball

For me I was very good at bowling, and I carried the high average for every year I was on the youth leagues through high school. But as for baseball and basketball . To make a lay-up I had to stop in place under the basket and jump, and then I often missed---and I was 6'1". I never played basketball except in gym class. I did do some little league baseball and struck out almost everytime. But I believe we can be good at sports especially if we are fascinated by them. So for me, bowling was my sport. And, as a little child, I was fascinated by the machinery at the bowling alley including the pinsetters and the ball return. As a child I used to draw diagrams of bowling alleys. I even tried to draw plans of the automatic pinsetters. The maintenance man at the bowling alley used to let me go in the back and watch the machines work. The whole bowling alley was magical to me---like odd robots picking up and resetting pins. And the noise of the machines were forever etched in my mind. I quickly learned the differences between Brunswick and AMF machines. The pins in the Brunswick ones were concealed up inside a hood while the AMF had an open front allowing the bowler to see the awaiting load of pins for the next frame. The AMF ones would pick the pins up and flip them up in an angle. And the AMF machines were jerky while the Brunswick machines seemed smoother. But I liked AMF ones better. Gee...I'm sounding like a child again .

At school I hated sport, I hated having to take part in team sports such as football and rugby. I did not mind being a goal keeper in hockey, the heavy armour did not bother me much.

In later life I got involved in dancing, this is something which I found very hard as I have a poor sense of timing. I also have done some archery just for fun, I can get the horizontal control but the vertical control is something which I can not do.

I also like solo walking, I got into it when I was a PhD student and I like to go for long walks with my wife's dog. The dog likes it but once I walked him so far he refused to move off the sofa the next day as he was zonked out.

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Diagnosed under the DSM5 rules with autism spectrum disorder, under DSM4 psychologist said would have been AS (299.80) but I suspect that I am somewhere between 299.80 and 299.00 (Autism) under DSM4.

Im a good cricketer useful goalkeeper in football and handy in tennis pretty much says it all.

I did 4 National cycling time trials when younger, you have to be in the top 120 to even get in.

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I like what Tony says about Aspies and Clay IS an accomplished athlete! A favorite quote from this video (paraphrase): ".....when it becomes intuitive for them is .....the gift." And what Tony says about "we need Asperger's - it gives them talents - don't feel sorry for them, applaud them." Very positive message and not just for sports.